The redoubtable M. Devine opined: > Yeah, there are also a lot of > 15-year-old nubies wrecking the natural snow trails and > generally getting in the way. 20 years ago before snowboards > were popular, they were out there on skis doing the same thing. Bravo, G. I been tellin' people this for years: ' Tain't the equipment. It's teenage boys suffering from testosterone poisoning, and always has been. (Fortunately, most of the victims ultimately recover.) Skip (recovering teenage boy) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SkiVt-L is brought to you by the University of Vermont. To unsubscribe, visit http://list.uvm.edu/archives/skivt-l.html